Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics of Patients by Sexual Orientation (Weighted Percentages)
| Percent Distribution by Response Category (Men) | |||||
| Heterosexual (Ref.) | Gay | Bisexual | Other | Prefer Not to Say/Missing* | |
| n = 764,291 | n = 12,346 | n = 4,161 | n = 6,167 | n = 110,361 | |
| Age | |||||
| 18–24 (n = 103,432) | 10.3 | 12.6 p < 0.001 | 14.2 p < 0.001 | 10.1 p = 0.82 | 10.2 p = 0.73 |
| 25–34 (n = 229,680) | 16.8 | 24.5 p < 0.001 | 22.0 p < 0.001 | 19.1 p = 0.001 | 16.2 p = 0.007 |
| 35–44 (n = 325,195) | 19.8 | 29.2 p < 0.001 | 20.1 p = 0.74 | 21.1 p = 0.09 | 18.6 p < 0.001 |
| 45–54 (n = 374,901) | 18.8 | 20.0 p = 0.003 | 18.5 p = 0.68 | 16.8 p = 0.005 | 16.0 p < 0.001 |
| 55–64 (n = 427,004) | 16.1 | 8.8 p < 0.001 | 13.0 p < 0.001 | 11.2 p < 0.001 | 13.4 p < 0.001 |
| 65–74 (n = 354,733) | 10.8 | 3.4 p < 0.001 | 7.3 p < 0.001 | 10.2 p = 0.16 | 12.4 p < 0.001 |
| 75–84 (n = 221,209) | 5.9 | 1.2 p < 0.001 | 3.7 p < 0.001 | 8.1 p < 0.001 | 9.7 p < 0.001 |
| 85+ (n = 65,407) | 1.6 | 0.3 p < 0.001 | 1.1 p = 0.02 | 3.2 p < 0.001 | 3.5 p < 0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White (n = 1,821,689) | 89.5 | 92.0 p < 0.001 | 75.0 p < 0.001 | 62.4 p < 0.001 | 68.2 p < 0.001 |
| Mixed (n = 15,872) | 0.8 | 1.5 p < 0.001 | 1.5 p < 0.001 | 1.9 p < 0.001 | 1.4 p < 0.001 |
| Asian (n = 110,904) | 4.5 | 1.5 p < 0.001 | 11.7 p < 0.001 | 14.0 p < 0.001 | 15.7 p < 0.001 |
| Black (n = 56,901) | 2.1 | 0.9 p < 0.001 | 5.2 p < 0.001 | 7.5 p < 0.001 | 4.9 p < 0.001 |
| Chinese (n = 9,859) | 0.5 | 0.8 p < 0.001 | 0.6 p = 0.48 | 1.6 p < 0.001 | 1.1 p < 0.001 |
| Other (n = 67,255) | 2.6 | 3.4 p < 0.001 | 6.1 p < 0.001 | 12.7 p < 0.001 | 8.7 p < 0.001 |
| Deprivation Quintiles (IMD) | |||||
| 1 = Least Deprived (n = 366,364) | 21.0 | 11.6 p < 0.001 | 12.1 p < 0.001 | 9.4 p < 0.001 | 12.9 p < 0.001 |
| 2 (n = 402,019) | 20.6 | 14.0 p < 0.001 | 15.5 p < 0.001 | 11.6 p < 0.001 | 14.4 p < 0.001 |
| 3 (n = 423,774) | 20.1 | 19.0 p = 0.03 | 17.5 p = 0.002 | 17.6 p < 0.001 | 17.9 p < 0.001 |
| 4 (n = 443,441) | 19.5 | 26.7 p < 0.001 | 23.7 p < 0.001 | 24.0 p < 0.001 | 22.3 p < 0.001 |
| 5 = Most Deprived (n = 476,762) | 18.9 | 28.8 p < 0.001 | 31.3 p < 0.001 | 37.4 p < 0.001 | 32.5 p < 0.001 |
| Per cent Distribution by Response Category (Women) | |||||
| Heterosexual (Ref.) | Lesbian | Bisexual | Other | Prefer Not to Say/Missing* | |
| n = 1,021,541 | n = 6,324 | n = 4,666 | n = 8,101 | n = 177,377 | |
| Age | |||||
| 18–24 (n = 103,432) | 10.3 | 13.9 p < 0.001 | 25.6 p < 0.001 | 9.3 p = 0.06 | 6.5 p < 0.001 |
| 25–34 (n = 229,680) | 17.3 | 23.2 p < 0.001 | 29.7 p < 0.001 | 17.3 p = 0.99 | 12.8 p < 0.001 |
| 35–44 (n = 325,195) | 19.5 | 29.3 p < 0.001 | 18.5 p = 0.16 | 17.0 p < 0.001 | 14.1 p < 0.001 |
| 45–54 (n = 374,901) | 17.8 | 21.8 p < 0.001 | 11.0 p < 0.001 | 13.3 p < 0.001 | 13.6 p < 0.001 |
| 55–64 (n = 427,004) | 15.3 | 8.0 p < 0.0001 | 6.4 p < 0.001 | 12.7 p < 0.001 | 13.3 p < 0.001 |
| 65–74 (n = 354,733) | 10.5 | 2.5 p < 0.001 | 3.8 p < 0.001 | 12.5 p < 0.001 | 14.8 p < 0.001 |
| 75–84 (n = 221,209) | 6.5 | 0.7 p < 0.001 | 3.3 p < 0.001 | 11.6 p < 0.001 | 15.8 p < 0.001 |
| 85+ (n = 65,407) | 2.7 | 0.7 p < 0.001 | 1.7 p < 0.001 | 6.3 p < 0.001 | 9.1 p < 0.001 |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White (n = 1,821,689) | 91.0 | 93.9 p < 0.001 | 79.3 p < 0.001 | 68.2 p < 0.001 | 76.5 p < 0.001 |
| Mixed (n = 15,872) | 0.8 | 1.5 p < 0.001 | 2.7 p < 0.001 | 1.4 p < 0.001 | 1.0 p < 0.001 |
| Asian (n = 110,904) | 3.2 | 0.9 p < 0.001 | 6.7 p < 0.001 | 10.5 p < 0.001 | 10.4 p < 0.001 |
| Black (n = 56,901) | 2.0 | 1.2 p < 0.001 | 4.7 p < 0.001 | 7.3 p < 0.001 | 4.9 p < 0.001 |
| Chinese (n = 9,859) | 0.5 | 0.3 p = 0.08 | 0.8 p = 0.07 | 1.7 p < 0.001 | 0.9 p < 0.001 |
| Other (n = 67,255) | 2.4 | 2.4 p = 0.82 | 5.8 p < 0.001 | 11.0 p < 0.001 | 6.3 p < 0.001 |
| Deprivation Quintiles (IMD) | |||||
| 1 = Least Deprived (n = 366,364) | 21.3 | 13.9 p < 0.001 | 13.2 p < 0.001 | 11.7 p < 0.001 | 13.8 p < 0.001 |
| 2 (n = 402,019) | 21.0 | 17.5 p < 0.001 | 16.1 p < 0.001 | 14.2 p < 0.001 | 16.0 p < 0.001 |
| 3 (n = 423,774) | 20.5 | 18.8 p = 0.008 | 18.4 p = 0.006 | 16.9 p < 0.001 | 18.4 p < 0.001 |
| 4 (n = 443,441) | 19.6 | 23.7 p < 0.001 | 24.2 p < 0.001 | 22.6 p < 0.001 | 22.5 p < 0.001 |
| 5 = Most Deprived (n = 476,762) | 17.6 | 26.2 p < 0.001 | 28.2 p < 0.001 | 34.7 p < 0.001 | 29.3 p < 0.001 |
*43,043 men and 53,129 women selected “prefer not to say”, and 67,318 men and 124,248 women did not answer the sexual orientation item
Entries are percentages of the population based on 2,115,335 observations with non-missing gender and weighted with design and non-response weights to improve the representativeness of respondents in terms of age, gender and practice
P values are for tests of whether the designated orientation group differs from the heterosexual/straight reference group of the same gender. Cells for which p < 0.01 appear in boldface. For age, race/ethnicity and deprivation, overall tests of whether the characteristic differed by sexual orientation were significant at p < 0.001